Bow-facing oar



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y A. o. DICE. BOW FACING OAR.

No. 597,399. Patented Jan. 18, 1898.

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BOW-FACING OAR.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,399, dated January18, 1898.

l Application iileil August 20, 1897. Serial No. 648,888. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. DICE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Joliet, in the county of Vill and Siate ofIilinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBow-Facing Oars, of which the following is a specication, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings and theletters ofreference thereon, forming a part of this specification, in Which-Figure lis a plan view. Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. l, taken on linel, lookingin the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3 is a cross-sec tionalView of Fig. l, taken on line 2, looking in the direction of the arrow;and Fig. e is a side vieur of the castings forming the heads to whichthe inner ends of the parallel rods are attached, showing the manner oftheir attachment together by means of a bolt and showing supporting-lugs for preventing said heads from being brought in too closecontact with the oar thus preventing friction or" the oar with saidheads.

This invention relates to certain improvements in bow-facing oars forboats or vessels, which improvements are fully set forth and explainedin the following specification and claim. v

Referring to the drawings, G represents a bar or rod having thedepending lugs K provided With eye-holes, by means of which the devicemay be attached to the gunwale of a boat, and having theupwardly-extending arms F, one located at each end yof said rod or barG, for supporting the oscillating frame carrying the oars.

R and R' are a pair of parallel bars. each having one end secured in ahead O and having their opposite ends secured, respectively, in thecap-plate E and the head E', as shown particularly in Figs. 2 and 4. Theframe thus formed of the two parallel rods R and R and said'heads O andE and capplate E are pivotally supported by and between the arms F F bymeans of the pivotbolts n n in such manner that said parallel bars mayoscillate between said arms for the purpose of permitting the cars to bedipped in and out of the Water. The cap-plate Eis Tshaped, as shown inFig. l, and is provided with holes at or near the extremity of the saidI-head With pivot-bolts ci. for connecting it. Said cap-plate E isprovided with a pair of oppositely-arranged integral legs C forsupporting said plate on the head E for preventing said cap-plate andhead from clamping too tightly the ends of the oarsocket P andhandle-socket P' between them when the nuts on bolts a a are turned uptightly, and thereby prevent great friction i between said parts.

P is a metal socket having its inner end pivotally attached to said headE and capplate E by means of the bolt a. and rests on the segment-plateL, integral with head E', and receives Within its socketed outer end theoar B. P' is a similar matching metal socket having its inner endsimilarly pivotally connected to said head E and cap-plate E and restingon a similar segment-plate L' and receives Within its socketed outer endthe oar-handle A.

S is a sliding head arranged to slide on the parallel rods R R' and isconnected, respectively, With the sochetsl3 P' by means of the link-rodsD D, so that the oar-handle A and the oar B are connected through themedium of sliding head S, link-arms D, and sockets P P in such mannerthat when the oar-han dle A is vibrated it will vibrate the oar B.

H is a loch` formed of a piece of metal formed on its upper side like atrough and secured to the bed-rod G, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Thistrough-shaped lock is intended to receive the sliding head S when movedoutward to its fullest extent, as shown in broken lines in Fig. 2, andthus prevent the oscillation of the parallel rods and the oar and partsconnected With said rods when the oar is brought to a position parallelWith the gun- Wale of the boat for the purpose of securing the oar andits handle from opening from each other when they are not in use.

In operation the device is attached to the gu nwale of a boat by meansof the arms K, as stated. The boatman then grasps the oarhandle A Whilesitting facing the bour of the boat and vibrates it in the ordinarymanner, and by means of its connection with the oar B Will cause it tovibrate in like manner, and the oscillation of the parallel rods and theparts connected with them causes the oar and its handle to oscillate, sothe oar can be IOO neeted to said oscillating frame, the sliding;` headS arranged on said parallel bars, the

link-rods D,D, connecting the oar andthe oarz handle with said slidinghead, and the lockplate H for engaging said oscillating frame to preventits oscillation, all arranged to operate substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

ARTHUR C. DICE. Vitnesses:

THos. Il. HUTCHINS, J. R. SHULTZ.

